Organized in London, in 1616, and now situated in a seaside village, in the northwest part of Barnstable, [John] Lathrop’s church is West Barnstable Parish Church, at 2049 Meetinghouse Way. It is the only existing remnant of the J-L-J Church – from whom the earliest Particular Baptists in England departed, during 1633-38, to gather their own churches. Erected in 1717 and remodeled in 1852, West Barnstable Parish Church underwent restoration, in 1953-58, including its high pulpit and sounding board. On the church tower is a half-ton bell cast by Paul Rever and Son in 1806.
